The BitFi crypto wallet was supposed to be unhackable and none other than famous weirdo John McAfee claimed that the device – essentially an Android-based mini tablet – would withstand any attack. Spoiler alert: it couldn't. First, a bit of background. The $120 device launched at the beginning of this month to much fanfare. It consisted of a device that McAfee claimed contained no software or storage and was instead a standalone wallet similar to the Trezor. The website featured a bold claim by McAfee himself, one that would give a normal security researcher pause: Further, the company offered a bug bounty that seems to be slowly being eroded by outside forces. They asked hackers to pull coins off of a specially prepared $10 wallet, a move that is uncommon in the world of bug bounties. They wrote: We deposit coins into a Bitfi wallet If you wish to participate in the bounty program, you will purchase a Bitfi wallet that is preloaded with coins for just an additional $10 (the reason for the charge is ...

Intel disclosed another set of processor flaws today that could let attackers steal information stored on computers or third party clouds. Discovered by a number of researchers and reported to Intel in January, the vulnerability includes three variet...

Three of Tinder's co-founders and several other current and former senior executives are suing the dating company's parent organizations, Match Group and IAC. According to a complaint published online, the lawsuit seeks billions of dollars in damages...

A handful of Democratic lawmakers have some questions for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai regarding claims of a DDoS attack that the Inspector General recently concluded were false. Specifically, they want to know when Pai became aware that disruption to the a...

About a month after retaining 72andSunny as its creative agency of record, Activision, the video game giant behinds such franchises as Call of Duty and Destiny, has consolidated its global media account with OMD without a review. OMD already handled media buying and planning for Activision in North America and Latin America, while MEC formerly...

HQ Trivia might be waning in popularity, but it's not dead yet. Now, it's getting an Apple TV app so that you can more easily — but less efficiently — play with friends, via TechCrunch. Today we launched our Apple TV app where you can play HQ right on your Download it from the App Store today! pic.twitter.com/ZwllXmxZAM — HQ Trivia (@hqtrivia) August 14, 2018 It's a move that makes a lot of sense, partly. HQ has always chased the classic game show presentation that shows like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? or Jeopardy made famous. So making the jump to an actual TV feels like a natural extension of that. And playing on a TV, in theory, makes it easier to play HQ with more friends and family members. But the problem is: if you're...

Traci has had a love for all things retail since long before she started her career in it a couple of decades ago. Studying Business Marketing and Fashion Merchandising at the Ohio State University, she first cut her teeth at a retail consulting firm writing SQL and SAS queries to develop customer segmentation for direct marketing campaigns. Her key clients were Victoria's Secret, Express and Abercrombie & Fitch, and after a couple of years she left to join Express' marketing team managing the direct marketing program in house. There she grew her role taking on Store Marketing, Email, Catalog, Market Research and Branding – and even spent time training as a merchant to get a more 360 degree understanding of the retail business. She then moved to the west coast taking a Director role at Westfield to better understand the Real Estate & Investor Relations side of retail before joining Torrid & Hot Topic to head up the Digital Marketing & CRM teams across all brands. Traci joined Techstyle in 2013 and is ...

Now that 5G has a complete standard for companies to use in rolling out new devices, Sprint and LG have announced their intentions to bring the "first 5G smartphone" to the US in the first half of 2019.